College Debt In College

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College debt is almost inevitable for all college students due to colleges expensive tuition and the lack of scholarships for students who have 3.5 GPA in high school and 22 or higher on the act.Most colleges only offer scholarships to students who have a 30 or above on the act;And almost all universities only offer a full unpaid scholarship if you have a 34 or above on the act and were either valedictorian or salutatorian,but yet most high school football players get full scholarships from universities even though they only have a 2.5 GPA below and they do not even meet the requirements but they get to go to college for free.This is why I want to research How much scholarship money should be offered to high school athletes and academically

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